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5 Natural Tick Repellents to Get Rid of Ticks NOW

How would you like to learn about natural tick repellents for you and your pets? If you’re like me, you consider your pets part of your family. Our pets give us companionship, comfort, and sometimes even help with certain tasks like hunting and herding that are essential for a survival or homestead lifestyle. It’s so important to protect your pets from parasites, which at best will make them itchy and uncomfortable, and at worst infect them with harmful and sometimes deadly diseases.

Natural Tick Repellents | Protect You and Your Pets From Ticks

All Natural Tick Repellent for Humans

Hiking in a densely wooded area can often lead to a tick infestation.

It’s so important to keep ticks under control, and the best way to do that is to prevent them from latching on in the first place. You should exercise extra caution when venturing into a moist or wooded environment, as these are the areas where ticks flourish. Just in case you do end up with a tick on you, you should learn how to remove a tick safely. But using these natural tick repellents below, you will make yourself much safer if you have something to repel ticks.

Recipe #1: Tick Repellent For Your Clothes

This insect repellent is applied to your clothes instead of your skin. It will stop fleas and ticks in their tracks before they even have a chance to latch on to you. As a bonus, you won’t have to worry about any sticky residue on your skin.

Instructions: Add all of the ingredients into the spray bottle, shake well, and spray on clothes before going outside.

All Natural Tick Repellents for Your Pets

Summer is the worst time of year for flea and tick infestations, and our pets seem to be the ones who are affected the most. Ticks love to burrow under their hair and attach to the skin in dark, damp areas such as the elbows and groin. You should check your pets for ticks daily, especially after taking them for a walk, hike or swim. These natural tick repellents below will also help protect them from an infestation.

Recipe #1: Natural Tick Repellent for Dogs

If you have outside dogs, it’s very important to keep them protected from fleas. But even if your pooch only goes outside for an hour or two a day, you’d be amazed how quickly ticks can latch on.

This natural tick repellent for dogs will keep Fido safe and tick-free.

What you’ll need:

Spray bottle

1 cup of water

2 cups of white distilled vinegar

2 tsp of almond or vegetable oil

Instructions:

Spray the mixture on your pet’s dry coat. It is important to keep the repellent away from sensitive areas like nose, eyes, genitals, and mouth.

When your pet is outdoors for extended periods, you should spray the solution about 2-3 times every day. On the other hand, if your pet is only outdoors for potty breaks, you should spray the solution just once every day.

Tip: If you want to make a repellent that can also repel fleas, add 1 tsp of citrus oil, lemon juice, OR peppermint oil.

Recipe #2: Natural Tick Repellent for Cats

Most cats aren’t at as much of a risk for tick infestation due to spending most of their time inside. Still, it’s very important to protect them as well, since ticks can find their way inside from time to time. Obviously, if you have an outdoor cat, it’s even more important.

Aside from these natural tick repellents, there are other things you can do to avoid tick bites. Here are some additional tips.

How to Avoid Tick Bites

Wear pantyhose underpants (yes, even guys too!)

Don’t walk in high grassy areas.

Keep your grass cut.

Don’t sit on logs – If you sit on a log for only five minutes, you raise your chance of getting bitten by 30%.

Wear hats when walking in the woods.

Wear tight (not loose) braids, ponytails or buns.

Put on clothing that covers the skin and has elastic on the wrist and ankles.

Wear boots or shoes that can be tightened at the ankles.

Tuck your pants into your socks.

Always walk in the center of trails when taking nature walks.

Shower within two hours of coming indoors. (I personally shower immediately after being outdoors. Showering immediately also helps to prevent chigger bites.)

Inspect your clothes and body, especially: under the arms, around the ears, inside the belly button, back of knees, and in your hair.

Watch this video by RealtreeOutdoors about making your own tick repellent:

Many ticks are found in wooded areas, tall grass, shrubs, and even in your lawn. Ticks like to hide in places that have significant moisture and areas that are out of direct sunlight. Avoid these areas to help prevent being bitten by ticks. Ticks can transfer bacteria and can cause diseases such as Lyme disease and tick-borne diseases. Protecting ourselves and our pets against these bloodsucking pests is a must. These natural solutions scare ticks away as well as serve as a mosquito repellent and bug repellent as well.

Do you have any tips of your own for how to avoid ticks? Share them with us and your fellow readers in the comments section!

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One of the best ways I have found, for keeping away chiggers, fleas, and ticks, is “Flowers of Sulfur.”(i.e., powdered sulfur) I use this in two ways: 1) Placing my socks in a large plastic bag, and adding about 1 teaspoon of sulfur, and shaking vigorously, until the socks are thoroughly dusted; and 2) Make a small linen bag, fill it with powdered sulfur, and pat it around the areas where they might enter clothing.

I have also used garlic as a natural repellent to ticks and chiggers. I learned to use this when I was in the military and training in the woods, bushes and tall grass. It will also keep people away from you unfortunately.

Surely there’s SOME difference when using differing bases. It would help to know what they are or if I can really get the same effect with distilled water as I’d get with witch hazel or apple cider vinegar.

The rubbing alcohol, witch hazel and vodka dry quickly, the ACV acts as a bit of a repellent (and it stinks!), and the distilled water stays damp longer. Using distilled water instead of tap water is to keep the nozzle of the spray bottle from getting clogged.
That’s how I use those bases for stuff at home. I’m just guessing at the reason for those choices here.

I absolutely agree with you “Amy says”. I live in the country, having between my father and I (he lives “next door”) over 25 acres. And about 3/4’s of it is either wooded or has very tall grassy areas. These are all great ideas that I will be trying this summer for all my animals. You can also buy from your local USDA office; a 99.99% garlic solution. You dilute it with water and spray it everywhere you want to rid the problem. I know I paid, two years ago, about $100 for a gallon. It is worth it!!! This is concentrated and I still have a bit left over from two years ago. We spray appropriately 12-15 acres. It smells like garlic bread for a couple days and the smell dissipates within a day or so. Depending on how wet the spring is for that season. The effects will last anywhere from 1-3 months. I usually only apply twice a year but have only applied it once during a very dry season we had. As a bonus, it will keep mosquitoes at bay. They hate the smell, even after you can no longer smell it. Spray it in standing water to help cut down on the breeding of them as well. I live in Southeast Michigan if that helps give you an idea of my climate for comparison to yours. Good luck to you all with your battle this summer. 8}

Hi. We have loads of ticks where we live (Austria). It’s also important to check in private places (men!) Ticks like it it where it’s warm. I have found them there on my sons often to their embarssment. Also, to repeat what was mentioned, have someone else check where you can’t see. Thanks for the repellant tips.

Hi! I really like your tips and comments on living in the woods. I’m an old codger now, but when I was younger, I did a lot of hunting and hiking in the woods. That evening I’d take a shower with some of our dog’s flea and tick shampoo, then wash it off with regular soap. Never had a problem with ticks or even redbugs (that’s what we call chiggers in the South).

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